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MSc African Trade and AfCFTA Operations (Online)

African Future University

African Future University

Master's

MSc African Trade and AfCFTA Operations (Online)

African Future University

African Future University (online)

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Tuition

Free (online)

Degree

M.Sc.

Delivery

Full-time · Online

Duration

2 years (18 mo)

Language & requirements

Taught in: English, French

Tuition fees

  • INTERNATIONALFree (online)

About African Future University

Fully online African digital university with French and English pathways.

Overview

African Future University’s MSc African Trade and AfCFTA Operations is a tuition-free online master’s for people who already move goods, files, and arguments across African borders. You will learn how rules of origin, non-tariff barriers, and corridor dwell-time actually work in English and French administrative practice—not how a communiqué describes them. The degree does not place you in the AfCFTA Secretariat and does not substitute for a national customs officer gazette. It trains operators and analysts to read schedules, document origin, and write a note a port or ministry desk can act on. Capstones use anonymised shipment or NTB datasets, not a speech about continental destiny.

Delivered fully online with live seminars, recorded lectures, and tutor support.

**Award:** African Future University **Credits:** 36 | **Typical duration:** 2 years (18 months)

Course structure

4 terms · 16 modules · 36 credits

Module 1: Preferential trade and origin

  • AFU501·AfCFTA Legal Architecture for Operators
    3 credits
  • AFU502·Rules of Origin: Documentary Practice
    3 credits
  • AFU503·Tariff Schedules and HS Classification Disputes
    3 credits
  • AFU504·National Implementation versus Communiqué Language
    3 credits

Module 2: Corridors and NTBs

  • AFU505·Corridor Dwell-Time and Queue Economics
    3 credits
  • AFU506·Sanitary, Technical, and Rent-Seeking Stops
    3 credits
  • AFU507·Inland Dry Ports and Rural Feeder Trade
    3 credits
  • AFU508·Women Cross-Border Traders as Operational Data
    3 credits

Module 3: Digital administration

  • AFU509·Single Windows when Connectivity Fails
    3 credits
  • AFU510·EN/FR Trade Administration Documents
    3 credits
  • AFU511·Dispute Settlement Pathways for Firms (Not Diplomats)
    3 credits
  • AFU512·Ethics of Facilitation Payments and Record-Keeping
    3 credits

Module 4: Capstone

  • AFU513·Trade Research Methods and Anonymised Datasets
    3 credits
  • AFU514·Writing for Port Desks and Ministry Analysts
    3 credits
  • AFU515·NTB Case Construction
    3 credits
  • AFU516·Capstone: Preferential Claim or Corridor File
    3 credits

Learning outcomes

  • Apply discipline-specific theory to complex professional problems
  • Design and execute research or applied projects to postgraduate standard
  • Communicate findings clearly to academic and industry audiences
  • Demonstrate ethical, inclusive practice in global workplaces

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